On a night when their flaws were exposed in the first half and their will was highlighted in the second, the Seahawks stared redemption in the face.
And blinked.
Here was a chance to accomplish precisely what they had come for, grab a division title, and grease their postseason path. Here was a chance to author one of their great comebacks in recent memory, to cap Marshawn Lynch’s return in epic fashion, and relegate their NFC West rival, the San Francisco 49ers, to the depths of the postseason seeding.
None of it happened in a 26-21 loss Sunday night at CenturyLink Field, not one bit, foiled in a surreal, cruel and thoroughly botched ending that had you muttering, “What the heck just happened?